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Taranaki Base Hospital orderly Robbie Campbell is not one to take no for an answer.

The 67-year-old was twice knocked back when he applied for an orderly's position in the 1970s but has recently… Audio

Listen to the New Zealand String Quartet perform recent compositions from Japan, Aotearoa, South Korea, and the U.S. in this Asian Composers League concert, Te Waipuna, held in Christchurch in 2022. Audio

The Muslim Healthcare Workers Aotearoa group says it condemns the recent bombing of a hospital in Gaza and wants a complete cessation of all violence in the region.

Israel and Palestine have blamed… Audio

For the first time in three decades Whanganui is going to get its first frequent bus service. Whanganui District Council representative for Horizons Regional Council's passenger transport committee… Audio

RNZ can reveal which other hospital radiology departments are at high risk of failing to meet international standards.

They are Wellington, the Hutt and Hawke's Bay hospitals. We also now know Nelson… Audio

New Zealanders have battled Covid-19 for more than two years, but if you think it's the first time disease has knocked us around, well, this one's for you. Epidemics have long been part of our story. 

Some of our largest seabirds are sick and tired of this winter's foul stormy conditions. Massey University's wildbase hospital has treated more than half a dozen of the birds including an albatross… Video, Audio

Māori health campaigners are upset but not surprised by the woefully inadequate treatment of a Māori patient at Whanganui Hospital which ultimately led to his death.

A doctor at the hospital thought… Audio

A man who has campaigned on behalf of Lake Alice survivors feels police not charging the main culprit lets him off the hook.

An 89-year-old former staff member is facing charges of ill-treatment… Audio

An emergency medical specialist has written about their experience working at an Auckland hospital, issuing a warning, ahead of tomorrow's Auckland border announcement. Audio

The mayor of New Plymouth has found himself at odds with the Taranaki Public Health Unit over modelling of the potential impact of a delta outbreak in the province.

Neil Holdom is warning of… Audio

No one has ever been held to account for the decades of abuse and torture suffered by children at the Lake Alice psychiatric unit. Now, survivors have told their stories.  Audio

The soothing sounds of the islands greeted a steady stream of people at special Covid-19 vaccination clinic set up for the Pasifika community in Taranaki today. The Whiteley Methodist Church in New… Audio

Pop-up warnings on a police computer system that told them to take a heavily intoxicated man to hospital have been the focus at the trial of three Taranaki police officers.

They are charged with the… Audio

Warning, details in this report may be distressing to some listeners.

On day one of the trial for the man accused of killing Whanganui woman Jasmine Wilson, his lawyer has asked the jury to imagine… Audio

Access to gender affirming medical services differs from region to region. And healthcare professionals say it's harming transgender and gender diverse New Zealanders.

Journalist Aaron Smale talks about his deep-dive investigation into children abused in state care - and the roadblocks the Crown put up to stop the details getting out.  Audio

A whakatauki, or proverb, is providing inspiration for Te Atiawa's Liz Mellish who's kicking off a series of food history talks for Wellington on a Plate in the capital next month, by prominent… Audio

Emma travels home to Tukorehe for her tā moko and gets some advice from Dr. Glenn Colquhoun. Audio

Insight - The state of many of the country's public hospital buildings is compromising medical care. For the first time there's been a national stocktake. Phil Pennington looks at what's wrong, and… Video, Audio

The much lauded pay equity settlement is contributing to the demise of a decades old disability and rehabilitation service that's helped thousands of people. Laura Fergusson Rehabilitation offers… Video, Audio

A crowd of about 200 worried Raetihi locals cheered this afternoon when they were told State highway 4, which has been blocked by a massive slip to the town's south, will be repaired.

A 400-metre… Video, Audio

Raetihi locals are worried their small central North Island settlement will turn into a ghost town if the lifeline State Highway 4 isn't fixed quickly.

The road has been shut off for most of the… Video, Audio

People living with MS in New Plymouth are running a one-day Brain Health seminar tomorrow tagged "Time Matters" to push their message that the provinces are missing out on neurology services. They… Audio

A Taranaki woman who was the youngest person in New Zealand to be diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis is lobbying for a resident neurologist at Taranaki Base Hospital. Jessie-Lee Boylan was aged just 17… Audio

The government is being criticised for failing to remove thousands of cubic metres of asbestos and lead contaminated soil from a land-banked former hospital site in New Plymouth.

Te Atiawa has first… Audio